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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
Shrubs 
Grown 
from 
Cuttings 
Method 
Tall - 
Growing 
Spring 
Flowering 
Boundary 
Markers and 
Special 
Screens 
Medium 
Height 
year’s growth of switch-like branches. Cut these into eight-inch 
pieces; strip off leaves, tie like a bundle of fagots, bury obliquely, 
tops up, in a trench deep enough to cover tops about two inches, 
surround and cover entirely with sand and be sure to mark the 
spot as well as the bundle. In February, dig up. At the base of each 
cutting you will find a callus (white rim). Place this cutting in the 
permanent growing position, about half its length above ground, 
and the greater percentage will grow. With Conifers, make cuttings 
similar to Geraniums, leaving most of the leaves on the stem. 
Plant in sand about October and leave ten or twelve months before 
planting in pots or permanent position, after the summer’s heat has 
waned (probably October). 
SCREENS AND HEDGES 
A suggested screen, where height is needed, might be Arizona 
Cypress, Arbor Vitae, Italian Cypress, Cotoneaster pannosa or 
Franchetti, and Juniperus virginiana*. The proper placing should 
give symmetry, fine contour, a “sky-line” and splendid blending of 
color. Add to this for more color occasional plants of flowering 
shrubs such as Red Bud"', Flowering Crab, Plum, Peach or Cherry. 
A screen of this sort might be followed out back of the perennial 
border. 
Hedges may be used also as boundary-markers and to form a 
frame for various special gardens , such as Rose, perennial, vegeta¬ 
ble, etc. They may be used as a screen from the street or a neigh¬ 
bor’s property, or a division line to separate terraces or various sec¬ 
tions, even of small property. For such purposes, let us venture 
into new fields, not discarding our tried and true Privets, Euony- 
mus and Ligustrums, but let us vary the frame to suit the picture. 
SHRUBS IN CALCAREOUS SOIL—"My information and experience is that only two 
of the Cotoneasters will support a soil containing much lime; that the Yews abominate 
the prairie regions; and the Viburnums seldom justify their space. Mahonia is very subject 
to sorosis in calcareous soil. Of the Syringas Philadelphus virginalis is best of all, unless 
it is pubesecens. Lonicera Maacki (Asiatic) is the best bush honeysuckle in commerce, fra¬ 
grant, and has myriads of scarlet fruit in the fall, remaining until consumed by hungry 
* Native. 
